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Do you bother to go and view the body before the actual funeral?
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Alan Smithee
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Marc™- …is a Chamber DEITY.
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Yep. Especially if I'm not able to attend the funeral, I'll definitely go to the wake.
Shale- ...is a Chamber Royal.
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I have.
Cheaps- ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
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Yes, I do.
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Only if I can't make it to the service.
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I've probably been to more wakes than funerals.
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When my ex-partner Jim died in New Orleans, some close friends and his current partner had a traditional wake, with him propped in a chair and stayed with him all night telling Jim stories.
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I usually attend the wake rather than go to the funeral. I can't even count how many wakes I have been to.
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I have been to a few viewings and wakes in situations in which I can't attend the funerals.
Suzi- …is a Power Member.
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Only once. I have never attended a wake,but have attended many funerals. So we have paid for our cremations, there will be no funeral and only 2 people besides the remaining spouse will be allowed to view the bodies.The ashes will be given to our son in a plain pine box to dispose of anyway he wishes.
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I plan to be cremated also - no fanfare or viewing.Suzi wrote:...The ashes will be given to our son in a plain pine box to dispose of anyway he wishes.
Told my daughter to either illegally throw my ashes where her mothers were thrown, (in a local butterfly garden) or throw them into the ocean. Even told her that she can flush them down the toilet - they will eventually get to the ocean.
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I will normally attend a wake and skip the funeral.
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